In March 2014, 15-year-old Danielle Locklear went missing after telling her grandfather she was visiting a friend nearby in Hope Mills, North Carolina. She didn’t return home, prompting a widespread search involving local, state, and federal authorities, as well as community members including her boyfriend, Je’Michael Malloy. Less than a month later, Malloy confessed to killing Danielle during a fight, choking her and disposing of her body in the South River with the help of his friend, Dominic Tayvon Lock. Danielle’s body, weighed down with cinder blocks, was found in April 2014. Je’Michael Malloy pleaded guilty to the murder and was sentenced in 2016 to 25 to 31 years in prison.
When a Teen Didn’t Return Home, Her Boyfriend Was Questioned: Inside the Case of Danielle Locklear 10 Years Later
< 1 min read
